Can A Book Club Fight Racism?
This summer, as Black Lives Matter protesters dodged rubber bullets fired by police and Black and brown communities were hit hard by COVID-19, book clubs sprang into being, and into…
Morgan Jerkins On Her New Book, Writing Through Fear, And The Power Of Black Memory
Writer Morgan Jerkins was just 25 years old when her first book, a collection of essays titled “This Will Be My Undoing,” made a splashy debut on The New York…
Royal Insiders Describe ‘Open Season’ On Meghan Markle In British Tabloids
Meghan Markle has faced a barrage of racist and misogynist press coverage from her courtship with Prince Harry to current day. Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand delve into commentary…
New Book Shines Light On Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle: They Weren’t ‘At War’
Royal insiders Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand document the relationship between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton in their forthcoming book, “Finding Freedom,” out August 11. According to an excerpt from…
To Survive This Era, Writers Must Rejoin The Working Class
A national economy in freefall. Streets filled with protesters standing shoulder to shoulder. Waves of labor organizing among writers and publishing workers. A swelling hope in socialist politics. In his…
How The Publishing World Is Staying Afloat During The Pandemic
As social distancing reportedly provides the perfect opportunity to, depending on one’s authorial aspirations, either write or finally read “King Lear,” book publishing may seem like the rare industry well-suited…
Don’t Tell Kristen Stewart, But A New ‘Twilight’ Book Is Coming This Summer
It’s Edward Cullen’s time to shine — or, well, glitter — in the next chapter of the “Twilight” book saga, which hits shelves this summer, 15 years after the first…
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Book ‘Finding Freedom’ Coming Out This Summer
Royal fans, get ready to add another book to your reading list. Omid Scobie, royal editor at large of Harper’s Bazaar and Carolyn Durand, an Emmy-award winning producer contributor to…
George M. Johnson’s New Memoir Reminds Us That ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’
If you follow George M. Johnson on Twitter or read any of their articles, it’s apparent that they (Johnson embraces plural pronouns) suffer no fools, especially racist, transphobic and homophobic…
‘Jeopardy’ Host Alex Trebek Releasing Memoir One Day Before 80th Birthday
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Trebek, diagnosed last year with stage four pancreatic cancer, has written a memoir. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that “The Answer Is…: Reflections on My…